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enBen Tre Clinic Day 2: Crowd Control, Gynecology, Bug Biteshttp://www.globalconversation.org/2012/08/30/ben-tre-clinic-day-2-crowd-control-gynecology-bug-bites
<p>If I were to redefine the term "crazy," it would encompass all that happened yesterday at clinic.</p>
<p>We started heading to Ba Tri (a rural district in Ben Tre) at around 7AM. I only had four hours of sleep the night before, and I could barely move my body. The sun was also less forgiving today, the morning heat burning through the pores in my skin. We arrived at a new school and started setting up. There were fewer people, but it was still as chaotic as I remembered. The new school itself was much smaller than the first one.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2012/08/30/ben-tre-clinic-day-2-crowd-control-gynecology-bug-bites" target="_blank">read more</a></p>ClinicHealthVietnamThu, 30 Aug 2012 05:46:38 +0000Tram Bui2168 at http://www.globalconversation.orgBen Tre Clinic Day 1: Sugarcane juice, pricked fingers, and a beautiful sunsethttp://www.globalconversation.org/2012/08/28/ben-tre-clinic-day-1-sugarcane-juice-pricked-fingers-and-beautiful-sunset
<p>I have finally begun the summer service camp, an annual medical mission run by Project Vietnam Foundation. In these two weeks, 100 doctors and student volunteers from across the world will be coming together and opening clinics in different rural districts in Ben Tre and Can Gio. We hope to provide check-ups from pediatrics, to primary care, to dentistry, and to gynecology to over 4,000 people.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2012/08/28/ben-tre-clinic-day-1-sugarcane-juice-pricked-fingers-and-beautiful-sunset" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Vietnam HealthTue, 28 Aug 2012 06:47:15 +0000Tram Bui2165 at http://www.globalconversation.orgFrustrated, exhausted, what next?http://www.globalconversation.org/2012/08/28/frustrated-exhausted-what-next
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<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2012/08/28/frustrated-exhausted-what-next" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Can GioRural HealthVietnamTue, 28 Aug 2012 06:19:16 +0000Tram Bui2164 at http://www.globalconversation.orgThe Amazing Race: Vietnam Stylehttp://www.globalconversation.org/2012/08/28/amazing-race-vietnam-style
<p>It's 5:30 AM.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2012/08/28/amazing-race-vietnam-style" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:23:48 +0000Tram Bui2163 at http://www.globalconversation.orgDay 1 in Can Gio Clinic: We Survivedhttp://www.globalconversation.org/2012/06/15/day-1-can-gio-clinic-we-survived-1
<p>I finally arrived in Can Gio yesterday, the rural province that Jenny and I are working in. Although Can Gio is a part of Saigon, it is an entirely different world. It is Saigon's poorest district and is located on an island accessible only by ferry. I knew that Can Gio would be rural, but I had always envisioned a quaint village like Ben Tre, my parents' hometown in Vietnam. Instead, both sides of the main road are lined by thick mangrove forests and each straw house separated by a plot of farmland.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.globalconversation.org/2012/06/15/day-1-can-gio-clinic-we-survived-1" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Can GioHealth ClinicRural HealthVietnamFri, 15 Jun 2012 10:22:05 +0000Tram Bui2006 at http://www.globalconversation.org